Hold on to your butts, everybody. This is the best video we’ve gotten yet, from a stone cold, playoff-tested ICCA Champion, The BU Dear Abbeys. Enjoy with our compliments, and direct any comlpiments/comments/criticism to Rymachine, he’s now in charge of all the video. “Don’t Cry� (Seal) “Feel Good, Inc.� (Gorillaz)

So, to make a long story short, we had a blast at the Boston University Night of A Cappella - not just because we got to see a benefit concert featuring NINE groups, but because we realized that Boston is only 38 seconds away from Rochester. Oh, and we also got to see the longest beer pong table in New England. Check out some freshness from BU, for your a cappella edification. "Everything You Want" (Vertical Horizon / BU Treblemakers) "Ahava Bli Sikui" (Sarit Hadad / BU Kol Echad) "Head Over Feet" (Alanis Moirisette / BU Terpsichore) "Baba O'Riley" (The Who / BU Dear Abbeys) "Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters" (Elton John / BU Dear Abbeys)

Here's the first of two videocasts you'll be seeing from our trip to Ithaca College. We decided to do do music videos this month instead of one plus a masterclass because this concert had two groups at it. This first one features Ithacappella's guest group, the Tufts Amalgamates. The video featuring Ithacappella should be up by the 30th or so. Enjoy!

What a weekend - Ithaca NY is one kuh-razy place, and the Acappella U team wound up passed out in a strange basement with strangers all around us, but we still managed to make it home in time to get this filthily good episode up on the internet-waves (that's actual physiks). We had a blast meeting the Amalgamates and Ithacappella, taping the concert, and throwing people out of the party house when she could house no more. All in all we learned three things - 1) That guy with the eyebrow ring is pretty sweet (at singing). So's the black guy. And the really skinny guy.* 2) Joey is a very streaky beer pong player 3) Rymachine needs to learn to keep his hands off the talent Oh, and 'Zombie' from Baggage Claim will be on BOCA 2007 - we're calling it. Here's the rep-uh-toire 'Island In the Sun' (Weezer/MIT Logs) 'Zombie' (Cranberries/Tufts Amalgamates) 'Pain' (Jimmy Eat World/Tufts Amalgamates) 'I Believe' (Unk./Ithacappella) 'Hard to Handle' (The Black Crowes/Ithacapella) *This statement applies not only to Ithacappella, but to most (>85%) of all collegiate a cappella groups. Feel free to use it as your own in order to sound smart.

Here’s our first shot at this music-video thingy! The University of Rochester Midnight Ramblers were kind enough to let us throw a micro rock-concert on campus. Three screaming Ramblers tracks cominatcha! “Gimme Some Lovin� (Spencer Davis Group/ Solo: Tony Vargas) “I Believe In A Thing Called Love� (Darkness / Solo: Matt Roe) “Mr. Brightside� (The Killers / Solo: Matt Roe)

Welcome students! Class is in session!!!Kevin and Matt from the Midnight Ramlbers go through how to run (or perform your best at) an a cappella audition from soup to nuts. Rymachine slices. He dices. He pops a blood vessel singing the high notes! It's all inside !! (wait, that's someone else's slogan. . .)Please give us your feedback on t[...]

This week, Acappella U goes on the road to the University of Rochester for yet another live and uncensored episode! A straightforward yet stellar line-up includes three songs from our host school, University of Rochester, and two others from two perennially favorites, Off the Beat and the Boston U Dear Abbeys. This episode of course features some usual jibber-jabber, listener mail, and the thing you students have all been waiting for: THE BIG SECRET!! So come on in, take a seat, and get ready for a fun class� �Rebel Yell� (Billy Idol / The University of Rochester Midnight Ramblers) �Now and Forever� (Richard Marx / The University of Rochester Yellowjackets) �Carnival� (Natalie Merchant / U Penn Off The Beat) �The Sun� (Maroon 5 / University of Rochester Vocal Point) �She�s Got A Way� (Billy Joel / Boston University Dear Abbeys) http://www.sa.rochester.edu/ramblers/ http://www.jackets.org/index2.html http://www.offthebeat.net/ http://www.sa.rochester.edu/vocalpt/cdinfo.htm http://www.dearabbeys.com/

Back to School Special! This Week, the University celebrates its 21st birthday by pre-gaming with 5 incredible tracks and ending the night with 21 shots of the best of collegiate a cappella! During the party, we take a look at upcoming episode 22 (make sure not to miss it), close out sample madness, and even listen to an admission application to Acappella U. Make sure to give us your submissions and comments at our email, acappellau@mac.com or give us your two cents on the Student Body Call In Line (949) 273-0923. Now come on in, get ready for a blurry flurry of shots and songs, and let the music speak for itself... "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" (Tears for Fears / Tufts University Beelzebubs) "Still Fighting It" (Ben Folds Five / The Hyannis Sound) "Never There" (Hoobastank / UCLA Awaken A Cappella) "Sweet Child of Mine" (Guns n' Roses / UC Berkeley Artists in Resonance) "Welcome to Paradise" (Green Day / UC Berkeley Artists in Resonance) Title/ Band/ Shot #/ Album/ Orig. Artist Schoolhouse rock/ Fleet Street/ 1/ Fearless Gummi Bears/ Brown Derbies/ 2/ Nightcap Yeah/ Divisi/ 3/ Sing 2/ Usher Wonderwall/ Ramblers/ 4/ All Sales Final/ Oasis Automatic/ Wibijazzn/ 5/ Going Places / Pointer Sisters Mentos thing/ Derbies/ 6/ Nightcap Clocks/ Counterpoint/ 7/ Confessions/ Coldplay Tribute/ Forks/ 8/ BOCA 06/ Tenacious D Owner of a lonely heart/ Iowa Shaggy/ 9/ The Kid's Aren't Alright/ MIT Logs/ 10/ BOCA 05/ The Way You Move/ Clef Hangers/ 11/ Facing Clarence/ Way You Move Primarily Vocal Point/ Vocal Point/ 12/ Standing Room Only/ Vocal Point Let Go/ Off The Beat/ 13/ Frou Frou Bridge Over Troubled Water/ Bubs/ 14/ Drift/ Simon & Garfunkel Ave Maria/ Fermata NoWhere/ 15/ Take Two / Franz Beibl Sugar, We're going down/ RO/ 16/ AU Ep. 15/ FOB Kyrie Elison/ Amazin' Blue/ 17/ Mister Mister Killing Me Softly/ Mile 21/ 18/ Sing/ Fugees Take me Home/ Bubs/ 19/ BOCA 04/ Phil Collins Major Tom/ Bubs/ 20/ Next/ Peter Schilling Still Haven't Found/ Hyannis Sound/ 21/ Route 6/ U2 http://www.bubs.com/home.asp http://www.hyannissound.com/ http://www.awakenacappella.com/ http://www.artistsinresonance.com/